应用长链RT-PCR法扩增我国登革2、4型病毒株全长cDNA

目的：采用长链RT-PCR技术扩增登革2型及4型病毒基因组全长cDNA，为构建登革病毒全长cDNA克隆、表达，深入阐明致病机理及探索新型疫苗奠定基础。方法：根据已测定的登革2、4型病毒全基因组序列，设计上下游引物。从感染登革病毒的乳鼠脑中提取病毒基因组RNA，采用长链RT-PCR技术进行扩增。为检验扩增产物的特异性，以PCR产物为模板扩增覆盖基因组的10个片段。将含有复杂二级结构的5′非编码区扩增片段，在377A型自动测序仪进行序列分析。结果：扩增出登革2、4型病毒基因组全长近11kb cDNA分子，非编码区测序结果表明扩增产物为登革2、4型病毒所特有。结论：利用长链RT-PCR首次成功扩增出登革病毒全长cDNA分子。     

Interleukin-2 receptor gene expression in kidney transplant recipients treated with cyclosporin A.

We examined the effects of cyclosporin A (CsA) administered in vivo on the capacity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from kidney transplant recipients to express IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) gene at the level of mRNA after mitogen stimulation in vitro. There were no differences in the percentage of IL-2R+ cells among the groups of normal individuals, azathioprine-prednisolone treated, and CsA-prednisolone-treated recipients, using FITC-labelled monoclonal anti-IL-2R antibody (anti-alpha chain): 40.3 +/- 10.1% and 62.8 +/- 11.1% of normal PBMC (n = 18), 37.0 +/- 9.3% and 61.7 +/- 5.8% of PBMC from azathioprine-prednisolone-treated recipients (n = 20), and 37.7 +/- 9.6% and 60.7 +/- 12.7% of PBMC from CsA-prednisolone-treated recipients (n = 20) expressed IL-2R after 24 h and 48 h of phytohaemagglutinin stimulation, respectively. However, in a study of Northern blotting using cDNA for IL-2R (anti-alpha chain specific), both the 3500 and 1400 bp families of IL-2R mRNA were remarkably decreased in PBMC from CsA-prednisolone-treated recipients compared with azathioprine-prednisolone-treated recipients and normal individuals. These studies demonstrated that CsA could inhibit IL-2R gene expression at the level of mRNA at physiological concentration.     

人类一条新的类蛋白质二硫键异构酶cDNA的克隆和表达

利用SMART技术构建了人胎脑cDNA文库，通过大规模测序筛选出一条1645bp的人类cDNA。此cDNA含有一个888bp的开放阅读框（ORF），编码一个296个氨基酸的蛋白质，预测分子量34．0KD。与目前数据库中序列比较，该cDNA编码的蛋白质与蛋白质二硫键异构酶的同源性达36％，命名为类蛋白质二硫键异构酶（PDI－L）基因，多组织Northern blot分析显示PDI－L cDNA在心、脑、肝肾等组织中均有表达，该cDNA的读框片段正确插入到改造后的pBV220表达载体中，获得了预期的表达蛋白。     

Molecular abnormality and cDNA cloning of human aldehyde dehydrogenases

Usual human livers contain two major ALDH isozymes, i.e., cytosolic ALDH1 and mitochondrial ALDH2, while approximately 50% of Orientals are "atypical" and have only the ALDH1 and are missing the ALDH2. Instead, the atypical livers contain an enzymatically inactive but immunologically cross-reactive material (CRM) corresponding to the ALDH2 component. Some Orientals are found to be atypical also in the ALDH1 locus, i.e., they are missing the enzymatically active ALDH1 but contain a large amount of CRM corresponding to the ALDH1 component. cDNA for ALDH1 and that for ALDH2 were cloned and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The amino acid sequences of ALDH1 and ALDH2 were deduced from their cDNA sequences. The molecular abnormality of the inactive ALDH2(2) is found to be the substitution of Glu at the 14th position from the COOH-terminal of the protein by Lys which resulted from G----A transition in the gene.     

Isolation and characterization of a cDNA coding for a novel human 17.3K myelin basic protein (MBP) variant

Human fetal spinal cord poly A (+) mRNA was found to direct the synthesis of three major myelin basic protein (MBP) variants with molecular weights of 17K, 18.5K, and 21.5K when translated in reticulocyte lysates. In order to investigate the structural relationships between these MBP variants and their corresponding mouse variants, human fetal spinal cord and mouse brain cDNA libraries were constructed and screened for MBP cDNAs. A number of MBP cDNA clones were isolated and characterized. One of these, PP535 contained the entire coding region of the mouse 14K MBP; and another mouse cDNA clone, PP1.85, was almost full-length and coded for either the 21.5K MBP or the 18.5K MBP. A human clone (KK36), 1,173 nucleotides in length, contained the entire coding region of an MBP variant with a molecular weight of 17,342. The structure of this clone within its coding region is significantly different from the corresponding mouse 17K MBP cDNA. It is missing two sequences found in the mouse 17K MBP cDNA (exons 2 and 5); and it contains a sequence (exon 6) that is missing from the mouse 17K MBP cDNA. Thus, this human 17.3K cDNA codes for a "17K" human MBP variant that is quite different from the corresponding mouse variant and is identical to the human 18.5K MBP except for a deletion of a peptide consisting of 11 amino acids that includes the single tryptophan residue of the 18.5K MBP. An analysis of the structure of this 17.3K human MBP cDNA suggests that the major pathway for splicing the primary human MBP gene product may be different from that in the mouse.     

人白细胞介素18（hIL—18）的cDNA基因克隆及序列测定

目的：克隆人白细胞介素18（IL－18）全长cDNA基因,进一步探讨人白细胞介素18的功效。方法：采用RT－PCR的方法从人肝组织中扩增出人白细胞介素18（IL－18）基因,并克隆到真核表达的绿色荧光蛋白报告载体pEGFP-NI中,结果：经PCR及DNA序列测定得以证实其序列与文献报导一致,结论：该实验成功地克隆了IL－18cDNA,并将其重组构建了含有IL－18cDNA的真核表达载体pEGFP-N1-IL18。     

一DXFD52相关人肝细胞cDNA的部分序列分析及其反转录病毒载体的构建

为了寻找和研究新的人类基因ｃＤＮＡ，本实验以Ｔ７ＤＮＡ聚合酶对一ＤＸＦＤ５２相关人肝细胞ｃＤＮＡ（ＤＥ）进行了分段部分测定，并将所测各部分序列分别在ＥＭＢＬ（欧洲分子生物学库）中进行核酸同源性检索，结果在库中没有找到任何具有同源性的人类基因或ＤＮＡ片段。因此，我们初步认为ＤＥ为一新的人类基因ｃＤＮＡ片段。同时为初步探讨ＤＥ的功能，我们还成功地将ＤＥ构建于反转录病毒载体ＰＬＸＳＮ上。     

紫外线致弱尾蚴免疫兔血清筛选血吸虫成虫cDNA文库

目的 :寻找照射致弱尾蚴中起免疫保护作用的抗原分子 ,为血吸虫病疫苗研究提供新的候选抗原。方法 :用紫外线照射致弱尾蚴免疫兔血清筛选日本血吸虫 (Schistosomajaponicum ,Sj)成虫cDNA文库 ,并对阳性克隆的插入基因片段进行PCR扩增及测序分析。结果 :经三轮筛选 ,获 10个阳性克隆 ,其插入的SjcDNA片段大小为 1 5～1.8kb。初步测序获 5个部分序列 ,其中 2个序列分别与Sj动力蛋白轻链 5 (DLC 5 )及Sj线粒体基因明显同源 ,其余 3个序列为未知的新基因片段。结论 :获得的阳性克隆插入基因片段可能为编码抗日本血吸虫感染的抗原基因     

微矩阵基因芯片筛选喉鳞癌相关基因的研究

目的：应用基因微矩阵方法筛选喉鳞癌相关基因。方法：按一步法抽提喉鳞癌和对照喉正常组织的总ＤＮＡ并纯化ｍＲＮＡ;将４０９６种人类基因ＰＣＲ产物用ＣａｒｔｅｓｉａｎＰｉｘｓｙｓ７５００点样仪按微矩阵排列点样于化学涂层的载玻片上,制成基因芯片;将等量的对照组织和喉鳞癌组织ｍＲＮＡ分别逆转录合成荧光分子掺入的ｃＮＤＡ－链做探针,混合后杂交上述基因芯片,经严格洗片后用ＳｃａｎＡｒｒａｙ３０００扫描仪扫描芯片